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National Review By Philip Klein July 26, 2021

I’ve repeatedly written about how ridiculous and counterproductive it is for a group of Republicans to be negotiating a bipartisan deal on infrastructure with a Democratic Party that is racing to spend $4.1 trillion. But one argument that defenders of the negotiations have been making to conservatives is that if Republicans agree on a bipartisan deal, moderates such as Senator Joe Manchin will be more likely to oppose the larger Democrats-only $3.5 trillion bill crammed with liberal priorities. But now even that flimsy argument has blown up.

CNN’s Manu Raju reports the following on Manchin pushing for bipartisan talks to continue:

Manu Raju

In a sign that Dem leaders and WH need to give bipartisan infrastructure talks more time, Manchin told me he's not ready to pull the plug on talks -- and he's not ready to back a go-it-alone budget plan to implement much of Biden’s agenda.

"Hell no, we're not pulling the plug”

Asked when he would consider enough to be enough, Manchin said: "You've been around here long enough, it's never enough."

Manchin also pushed back at suggestion that it's time to pass the $3.5T budget plan if the $1.2 trillion bipartisan deal falls apart.

"I would say that if the bipartisan infrastructure bill falls apart, everything falls apart.”

Get that? “If the bipartisan infrastructure bill falls apart, everything falls apart.”

Far from supporting the theory that a bipartisan deal would dissuade Manchin from supporting the bigger bill, Manchin is making it clear that he thinks agreeing to a bipartisan deal is a critical part of passing the combined spending package. Were it to fall apart, instead of breaking the massive agenda into several smaller parts that may be digestible, moderates will have to consider swallowing a massive $4.1 trillion bill. Additionally, the process would no longer have any bipartisan cover.

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Manchin knows the Democommies have plenty of time.  Heck, only six months have counted down and the Dems have destroyed a functioning country.  OOOpppps.  Now what?  Manchin just can't believe where his party is headed, but hey, he is part of the Democommie Party and he will capitulate.  Those thinking otherwise, think again.